ght was very slow indeed, but soon it
became much more rapid, so that in two months more I gained nearly what
I had lost, or at the average rate of five or six ounces a day. For a
part of this time, however, the gain was half a pound a day, or nearly
three times as much as the whole weight of my food, and more than the
whole weight of my food and drink together.

"I have said that I ate three ounces, by weight, of Graham bread,
daily,--an ounce at each meal. But I afterwards procured the Graham
crackers in Boston, and used them a part of the time. Of these, too, I
continued frequently to omit half a cracker at evening. The water,
also,--one-third of a gill,--was generally omitted at evening.

"As to my appetite, during the experiment, I can truly say that, though
I never in my life came to the table with a better appetite, I was never
better satisfied with my meals when they were finished. After the first
three weeks, I had little or no thirst. Nor had I, so far as I now
recollect, any desire to eat between meals. In truth, food, except at my
meals, was seldom thought of. But, on this subject, my mind had been
made up at the outset. I will only add, on this point, that my bread,
during the whole time, tasted better, far better, to me than the nicest
cake formerly had.

"As regards perspiration, my skin, after the first three or four weeks
(during which it was dry and hard), became soft and moist. When I used
much exercise, I perspired very freely. My sleep was sound and
satisfying. Indeed, the whole "machinery," so far as I could judge,
worked admirably during the latter part of the experiment, and at its
close I could perform a good day's work at my trade.

"I was about thirty years of age when I made the experiment. I am now
above fifty. I have not always, nor indeed generally, been as rigid in
my habits since that time. In one instance, however, I worked two weeks
on a ship, at "sheathing," on but five ounces of food a day, and was
never better in my life, and never felt less fatigue at night. In fact,
I felt much better at night than I did in those instances in which I
indulged myself in eating two pounds of food a day.

"During a part of the time of my principal experiment, I kept a grocery.
On leaving this, I established a Graham boarding-house, in which I
continued for one year.

"About a year after the termination of my experiment, I had occasion,
for about three weeks, to work in a bake-house, where the m